India has so far reported more than 28.5 million cases and over 340,000 deaths.
The Indian government is confident that the country will be able to meet an ambitious target of having more than 2 billion coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of the year, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.that India will have 516 million vaccine doses by July, including shots already administered, and that the number will rise to 2.16 billion doses between August and December.
"We have paid the two existing domestic manufacturers, Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech, advance money to produce vaccines for the whole of May, June, and July. We are only past May," Puri told CNBC's Tanvir Gill in an interview. He explained that the government is also in advanced stages of talks with other vaccine manufacturers.
A medic holds Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin vials during the countrywide inoculation drive, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.Both vaccines are being currently used in India's inoculation campaign where more than 222 million doses have been administered as of Thursday — but a majority of them are first of the two doses required for immunity.
Russia's Sputnik vaccine — the third shot to get approved — will contribute about 156 million to the predicted tally. that six Indian companies have already signed deals to produce around 1 billion doses of the vaccine annually and that Serum Institute is also seeking approval to make it.
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